sibarita

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīta, from Ancient Greek Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Subarī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [si.βəˈɾi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [si.bəˈɾi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [si.baˈɾi.ta]

Noun

sibarita m or f by sense (plural sibarites)

1. (historical) Sybarite (person from Sybaris)
2. sybarite (person devoted to pleasure and luxury)

Derived terms

• sibarític
• sibarisme

Further reading

• “sibarita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.baˈri.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: si‧ba‧rì‧ta

Noun

sibarita m or f by sense (masculine plural sibariti, feminine plural sibarite)

1. sybarite

Related terms

• sibaritico

Anagrams

• arabisti, bastirai, sbraitai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.baˈɾi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.baˈɾi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.baˈɾi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.bɐˈɾi.tɐ/ [si.βɐˈɾi.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: si‧ba‧ri‧ta

Noun

sibarita m or f by sense (plural sibaritas)

1. (historical) Sybarite (person from Sybaris)
2. sybarite (person devoted to pleasure and luxury)

Adjective

sibarita m or f (plural sibaritas)

1. (historical) of or relating to Sybaris
2. (of a person) devoted to pleasure and luxury

Spanish

Noun

sibarita m (plural sibaritas)

1. sybarite

Further reading

• “sibarita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014